On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 03:24:48 -0400, "Tim Peters" <tim.one@home.com> wrote:
A confused user on c.l.py reported that while
for x in file.xreadlines():
works fine,
map(whatever, file.xreadlines())
blows up with
TypeError: argument 2 to map() must be a sequence object ... I think that's a bug in map(). Anyone disagree?
I agree...but when we talked about it in c.l.py, I said that and you said map() should be deprecated. Why the sudden change of heart? why shouldn't it be changed to [whatever(x) for x in file.xreadlines()]? -- "I'll be ex-DPL soon anyway so I'm |LUKE: Is Perl better than Python? looking for someplace else to grab power."|YODA: No...no... no. Quicker, -- Wichert Akkerman (on debian-private)| easier, more seductive. For public key, finger moshez@debian.org |http://www.{python,debian,gnu}.org